Andy Philachack Finishes; Aaron Mermelstein, John Richards Also Through

Level 11 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Andy Philachack started off his shootout table by almost immediately doubling his chip stack. He managed to get heads-up with John Andrus and, eventually, win the heads-up match to earn a spot in Day 2.

Aaron Mermelstein won his table and John Richards bested Joe Kuether heads-up to move on.